The Lemonfool my pic of the day thread

[AJC5001]

So they checked to see whether I'd broken the leg again, and then they sent me home.

BJ

You mean they forgot to give you the 'urgent' physiotherapy appointment for two months time?

Adrian

[bungeejumper]

So they checked to see whether I'd broken the leg again, and then they sent me home.

You mean they forgot to give you the 'urgent' physiotherapy appointment for two months time?

Funny you should ask, actually. I didn't want to steal Snorvey's show, but yes, I was in for three years of physio. The reason I'd lost all my muscle tone was that the bone had been set slightly wrong.

Might have been connected to the fact that the plasterer who did the job was due to retire that week, and his breath had smelt of something mysterious which I later came to know as whisky.

So to this day I can't ski or skate, because my feet don't point in quite the same direction. Hasn't ruined my life.

BJ

[servodude]

A photo of a printout of a scan......but I think you get the picture

....and here was me thinking we wouldn't see a bigger rec tart than that Tony Reptiles popping up out of nowhere for a while!

I hope the healing goes well and quickly
- and the XRays do look mother-flipping cool ya hard nut
- chicks dig scars

Slainte
-sd

[swill453]

Perseverance on Mars has now sent back a high definition 360 degrees panoramic photograph. In the viewer on the link you can pan and zoom in on any feature

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8873/nasas-p ... ding-site/



Scott.

[swill453]

Looks like some of it is held together with string:



Scott.

[AleisterCrowley]

Perseverance on Mars has now sent back a high definition 360 degrees panoramic photograph. In the viewer on the link you can pan and zoom in on any feature

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8873/nasas-p ... ding-site/



Scott.

Hmmm...'I'm pretty sure that's Cromer '

[jfgw]

Hmmm...'I'm pretty sure that's Cromer '

I recall a variety show on Cromer pier. There was a "Mastermind" act where the host answered a series of questions (I don't remember if he was in a big black chair). One question was, "what type of vehicle takes you back in time?" The answer was, "The bus, to Sheringham".


Julian F. G. W.

[DiamondEcho]

Looks like some of it is held together with string:

Scott.

Nah, that's BJ's tin-leg!

[AleisterCrowley]

Hmmm...'I'm pretty sure that's Cromer '

I recall a variety show on Cromer pier. There was a "Mastermind" act where the host answered a series of questions (I don't remember if he was in a big black chair). One question was, "what type of vehicle takes you back in time?" The answer was, "The bus, to Sheringham".


Julian F. G. W.

Very apt, as it's a Doctor Who quote (The Brigadier, having been transported to a barren anti-matter world)

[vrdiver]

Looks like some of it is held together with string:

But why the bundle of dynamite? Was it in case of being captured by little green men?

[AndyPandy]

Perseverance on Mars has now sent back a high definition 360 degrees panoramic photograph. In the viewer on the link you can pan and zoom in on any feature

https://mars.nasa.gov/news/8873/nasas-p ... ding-site/



Scott.

Hmmm...'I'm pretty sure that's Cromer '

This is getting a bit spooky. First of all you identify my trip to Caernarfon 'international' Airport, then I was working here last week. Didn't see Perseverance. Didn't see much at all in the way of signs of life tbh .

[AleisterCrowley]

Crabs?

[AndyPandy]

Crabs?

Nope, COVID closures scuppered any places where I could have got some...

[Redmires]

Looks like some of it is held together with string:



Scott.

That takes me back many years when I started with the GPO and learned to form distribution frame cabling with waxed twine. They were works of art compared to plastic cable ties or velcro. I still get a thrill when I visit the Bletchley Museum and see that 'Colossus' was made from components that were recognisable to me (Tommy Flowers being a GPO employee). I wonder why they don't use cable ties in space ? Sometimes the old ways are the best.

[gryffron]

I wonder why they don't use cable ties in space ? Sometimes the old ways are the best.

They do. Even on Perseverance. https://tiremeetsroad.com/2021/02/23/do ... able-ties/

Special UV resistant ones though.

Gryff

[genou]

They are using a different definition of "controlled" than I am used to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-56257366

[vrdiver]

They are using a different definition of "controlled" than I am used to: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-devon-56257366

Agreed. When I saw the damage the "controlled" explosion caused, I assumed it was not planned to happen!

I recall controlled explosions using dampening materials, special blankets, designed to absorb the blast energy. In this case it appears they buried/surrounded it with 400 tonnes of sand and put some sort of metal structure on top - which appears to have been converted to shrapnel, along with a fair amount of the sand.

I'd hate to think what it would have done if just detonated without any shielding, but I wonder if there will be an inquiry (even if just within the MOD) as to what went wrong (or less right...)

VRD

[AleisterCrowley]

That somewhere being Carmarthen Bay near Pembrey (I looked it up , saddo)

Great photos !

[AleisterCrowley]

It's tastefully done. Toad erotica perhaps?

[UncleEbenezer]

OK, someone has to say it.

He must be toad in the hole.